Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival
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Parade remembers festival president
Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival’s award for this year’s best parade float will honour a festival great. The award will be known as the Eric Scoble Memorial Award as a tribute to the festival’s former president who died in 2020. Festival organisers said Eric was a great force in the festival over many years and…
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Royal honour for fest favourite
There’s hardly a person in Kyneton who doesn’t know Marg Dearricott. In perhaps her best known role as the long-running secretary of the Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival, Ms Dearricott has been front and centre in celebrating her close-knit community for the past 18 years. It’s that commitment to community that has seen her awarded…
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Come join the choir
There are many benefits attached to choir singing – it creates a strong sense of community and social inclusion. It increases self-esteem, is an ideal way to express emotions and strengthens the immune system. U3A Kyneton has established a choir and is excited to announce Adam Przewlocki has accepted an invitation to direct it. Adam…
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Festival to celebrate ‘Jubilee Gold’
‘Jubilee Gold’ is the celebration theme for Kyneton’s Daffodil and Arts Festival its 50th year in 2022 from September 1-11. Gold for daffodils and gold to symbolise 50 years can inspire ideas for decorations for parade entries and Kyneton’s shops to reflect the theme. The festival’s Daffodil Art Prize and Art Photography Prize will again…
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Light up Kyneton
The first major event for the 2022 Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival is the colourful light show ‘Light up Kyneton’ on the Kyneton Mechanics Institute on Friday April 8 from 7pm. This date provides a great opportunity after the end of daylight savings for the light show and will give the families of the children…
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Status boost for Daffodil Festival
Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival has been named a shire signature event in Macedon Ranges Events Strategy 2021-25 after councillors pushed for the status boost last month. The festival, which attracts at least 18,000 people over 11 days each year, was previously regarded as a tier-two event against the council’s rating system, suggesting it was…
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Get your ISO scarecrows ready!
While the Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival has been postponed, a favourite part of the event can still be enjoyed by the inventive Kyneton community in 2020. In view of Stage 3 restrictions until at least mid-September, the much-loved scarecrow competition will take place after lockdown finishes. Festival secretary Marg Dearricott said there would be…
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A host of golden daffodils…
Longtime Newstead locals Peter and Lilian Skillbeck have more than 2000 excellent reasons to look on the bright side of life. Earlier this year, around the time news of COVID-19 was starting to really hit home hard, Peter decided it would be a great idea to purchase a couple of thousand daffodil bulbs. “The Kyneton…
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Events play a role in recovery
Events will play an important role in Macedon Ranges’ economic recovery from the impacts of coronavirus, according to the draft Macedon Ranges Event Strategy 2020-25. The strategy suggests establishing ‘signature events’ of state or national interest and support for events that promote the shire’s ‘brand strengths’ such as arts, culture, nature and produce. It also…
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All things edible grown in the garden
A fascinating collection of 11 edible gardens will be open to the public this coming weekend as part of the Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival. Visiting some or all of these gardens is a great way to learn and get motivated for the new growing season. Three schools are participating for the first time this…